Posted on 08/07/2023 2:14:57 PM PDT by george76
EEMSHAVEN, Netherlands — Tugboats towed a freight ship that burned for a week on the North Sea while carrying thousands of cars into a Dutch port on Thursday for salvaging, laying to rest fears that it could sink close to shipping lanes and a protected habitat for birds.
The Fremantle Highway was taken to the northern port of Eemshaven, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management said. A boat that has special booms to clean up oil spills accompanied the nearly 200-meter-long (around 650-foot-long) vessel as a precaution.
The ship with 3,784 new vehicles, including 498 electric ones, on board caught fire on July 25 while traveling from the German port city of Bremerhaven to Singapore.
Much of the gray paint on the ship’s sides was gone, apparently scorched off by the heat inside the ship when the fire was raging.
The fire on the Fremantle Highway burned out of control for a week as it floated near busy North Sea shipping lanes and the shallow Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed migratory bird habitat. Dutch authorities did not attempt to spray water onto the ship for fear of making it unstable.
The blaze put nerves on edge in the Netherlands and Germany, which shares the Wadden Sea with its neighbor.
...
One crew member died and others were injured when the fire erupted.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Towed.....
Hopefully by a boat which was totally electric.
RE: Anybody looking for a cheap EV?
Once I read an article about used cars. Author said “When they show those flood disaster news clips as after a hurricane or rain storm showing dozens of cars with only the tops showing above muddy water people ask ‘what happens to all those cars?’ Answer: they sell them to Northern used car dealers to sell on their lots.” Author said to look for a water stain line on some part of the interior including the engine to show where the water used to be.
“The Fremantle Highway was taken”
More like “The Fremantle Carnage”.
“The only way I can see to safely transport EVs in bulk like this is in some kind of hermetically sealed container vessel, where the oxygen levels can be reduced enough to inhibit combustion.”
That’s the problem with EVs (Lithium Ion batteries), the Oxygen they need for their batteries to burn is already in the cells. The only hope to keep fires from spreading is to cool down adjacent cells, as the fires cannot be smothered.
#44 They open the container after unloading, the rush of oxygen and a spark and whoosh!!
hermetically sealed container vessel
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.